The 1858 Abstract of Principles

• Introduction
• I. The Scriptures.
• II. God.
• III. The Trinity.
• IV. Providence.
• V. Election.
• VI. The Fall of Man.
• VII. The Mediator.
• VIII. Regeneration.
• IX. Repentance.
• X. Faith.
• XI. Justification.
• XII. Sanctification.
• XIII. Perseverance of the Saints.
• XIV. The Church.
• XV. Baptism.
• XVI. The Lord's Supper.
• XVII. The Lord's Day.
• XVIII. Liberty of Conscience.
• XIX. The Resurrection.
• XX. The Judgment.

XIII. Perseverance of the Saints.

Those whom God hath accepted in the Beloved, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere to the end; and though they may fall through neglect and temptation, into sin, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, bring reproach on the Church, and temporal judgments on themselves, yet they shall be renewed again unto repentance, and be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.